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Curtly Ambrose

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Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose

Born: 21 September 1963, Swetes Village, Antigua
Major Teams: Leeward Islands, Northamptonshire, West Indies.
Known As: Curtly Ambrose
Pronounced: Curtly Ambrose
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast


Test Debut: West Indies v Pakistan at Georgetown, 1st Test, 1987/88
Latest Test:
West Indies v England at The Oval, 5th Test, 2000

ODI Debut:
West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, 1st ODI, 1987/88
Latest ODI:
West Indies v Pakistan at Port of Spain, Cable & Wireless Series, 1999/00

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1992

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 31/08/2000)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   98  145  29  1439   53   12.40  46.72   0   1   18   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            3683.5 1001  8501  405  20.99  8-45   22   3  54.5  2.30

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 23/04/2000)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  176   96  36   639   31*  10.65  64.87   0   0   45   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling            1558.5  192  5429  225  24.12  5-17    6   4  41.5  3.48

FIRST-CLASS
 (1985/86 - 2000)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  239  317  70  3448   78   13.95   0   4   88   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            8133   2262 19048  941  20.24  8-45   50   8  51.8  2.34

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1985/86 - 2000)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  329  173  66  1282   48   11.98   0   0   81   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling            2857.1  9557  401  23.83  5-17   10   4  42.7  3.34

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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One of the great fast bowlers, Curtly Ambrose's long career has been marked by consistent success. When bowling in tandem with his friend Courtney Walsh, he formed part of one of the most feared and respected partnerships in Test cricket. A tall man, he over the years has changed as a bowler from genuinely fast to at times not much quicker as medium, but as always commanded respect. In his younger days he could intimidate with his pace and bounce, bowling a nasty bouncer, mixed in with fast yorkers, and good length balls. As he lost his pace with age he became a more complete bowler, testing and probing the batsman with immaculate length and line, the ball seaming in and out. He rarely bowled a bad ball, and even on good wickets would force the batsman to work hard for every run. He has pretensions as a batsman, with a test fifty to his name, a good fieldsman in the deep, and always showed full commitment to his cricket.

His finest moment perhaps was the demolition of England in Trinidad in 1994, winning a Test that looked lost, but for the next five years he nobly resisted the process of aging, with fine bowling performances, again and again answering the call for his team, and ignoring increasingly sore knees. He retired from Test cricket at the end of the 2000 England tour, with over 400 wickets to his name and with his skill untarnished by age. (DL, 2000)

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